1. Why wouldn’t the Blacks in the South talk
to the FBI agents about the missing Civil Rights activists? What tactics did
the KKK use to discourage this?…………..
2. Why did the KKK burn a cross outside of
the motel in which the FBI agents were staying and why did they shoot at them
through the window?……………
3. How were the Blacks in the South
discriminated against in the movie?…………
4. Give examples from the film of how Blacks
in the South were segregated from the Whites..
5. Why did the FBI become involved in this
murder investigation?………………….
6. Why does the judge’s suspension of the
three arsonists’ sentences spur a rampage of fires?
7. The sheriff claimed that the
Blacks started the fires that burnt down many Black’s homes. Do you
believe this? What rationale would they give for this happening? ..
8. Who was the Black man that
interrogated the mayor? Why did the filmmaker have a Black man in this
role?
9. Why did the FBI go after the
men for Civil Rights violations instead of murder? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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10.Explain this statement made
by the FBI agent: “Anyone is guilty who watches this and does nothing.” ………………………………………………………………………
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11. What is significant about the
gathering at the burnt down church in the final scene? …………………………………………………………………………………………….
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